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Thursday, March 27, 2008
Virginia's top polluters: Toxic chemical release amounts and rankings for 330 Virginia industries
Virginia industries released 66.3 million pounds of toxic chemicals into the air, land and water on their own industrial sites in 2006. The figures are based on estimates made by the industries themselves, and standards can vary widely. Still, the latest reports show a statewide increase of 19 percent over 2005. That’s largely because of recently discovered under-reporting by the Radford Army Ammunition Plant, operated by Alliant Techsystems. The plant released 13.7 million pounds of chemicals in 2006, primarily into the New River — by far the largest discharge in the state. Search this database to see the release amounts and ranks of Alliant and 329 other industries, and locate those pollutors on an interactive map.
Source: Virginia Department of Environmental Quality 2006 Toxics Release Inventory Report, March 2008
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